Patrick van Rensburg � The Passing of a Colossus

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And there was Patrick himself- presumably to try and secure Linchwe’s support - an Afrikaner renegade and author of a recent London published Penguin Special, Guilty Land, which marked the start of his career as a prolific writer.

The book may also have marked the beginning of the world wide anti-apartheid movement. Thereafter I visited Swaneng fairly regularly because this was where everything was happening. Swaneng initially gained the government’s support but perhaps convinced that Patrick was bringing into this country a new form of Bantu education from South Africa, it veered away from TigerKloof and Swaneng and eventually settled on its preferred model, Maru-a-Pula.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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